Secondary Education Grades 6-12 [Spanish] (Practitioner Teacher Certification)

Program Admission

Candidates must have a non-educational baccalaureate degree from a regionally-accredited university and hold a minimum overall undergraduate GPA of 2.5.  Candidates must show proof of employment for the upcoming academic year in the area in which certification is being sought.

Requirements

• EDUC 204 - Orientation to Multicultural and Special Education (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)
• EDUC 333 - Methods and Materials in Reading for Secondary Teachers (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)
• EDUC 406 - Methods, Models and Strategies for Teaching Modern Foreign Languages in High School (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)
• EDUC 412 - Secondary Classroom Management and Field Experience (Lec. 2, Lab. 2, Cr. 3)
• EDUC 485S - Internship Non-Master’s Alternative Certification (Lab. 6, Cr. 3)  (Must be repeated to accrue 6 credit hours)
• EDUC 499 - Entrance into the Non-Master’s Alternative Program
• FORL 485 - Foreign Language and Immersion Teaching Methodology (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)
• PSYC 261 - Adolescent Psychology (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)

Notes

• Students must earn a grade of C or better in all courses applied to the certificate.
• Coursework in the practitioner program is divided into three portals with a specific course sequence corresponding to the mandatory three-semester requirement for program completion.
• Prescriptive Plan (if necessary) - 6 hours:  Candidates who have identified problems as indicated by either their college supervisor or mentor teacher will be required to enroll in and satisfactorily complete an individualized prescriptive plan as determined by these deficiencies.